[2] Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.

[3] When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson.

Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Columba amboinensis and cited Brisson's work.

[4] The species is now placed in the genus Macropygia was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William Swainson.

The call of this dove is a very loud "whoop-a whoop" with some differences depending on the subspecies involved.